Ideas about fishing with midges?

[Nate540]

BrooksAndHooks wrote:
what colors are you using, etc?

I catch fish constantly, year round, with size 18,20,22 midges.

Funny enough, the first "zebra" midges I bought when I Started fly fishing, are still in my box. I tried them when I got them and times since, and have never caught a fish on one.

However, the midges I tie myself, I catch tons and tons of fish on. I caught 4 or 5 fish on my midge dropper today.

I think it may depend on your top fly and your midge tie itself. I like a dark bodied tungeston bead headwith a little bit of a flashy collar. I have had several combinations work. The real trick is the heavy bead to get the fly down, and a good drift to put the fly where the fish can see, and eat it.


Post a few pics of the midges you are using if you wish.

BrooksAndHooks
Do you have any pics of the pattern you are talking about?

 

[geebee]

I was recommended this book in the local fly shop last week :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015ALK7Q0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1

over a 1,000 midge patterns there.

but I still only use 2 or 3 lol. olive, black and red.

 

[gfoledc]

That is a great book

 

[gfoledc]

That is a great book

 

[dsmith1427]

+1 on the olive, black, and red BH

 

[NewSal]

When would you use red considering that's not a natural color?

 

[redietz]

Salvelinusfontinali wrote:
When would you use red considering that's not a natural color?

It is a natural color -- many midge larvae are red.